A Healable, Semitransparent Silver Nanowire‐Polymer Composite Conductor. (24th June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gong, Chaokun; Liang, Jiajie; Hu, Wei; Niu, Xiaofan; Ma, Sungwon; Hahn, H. Thomas; Pei, Qibing
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 25:Number 30(2013)
• Page Start: 4186
• Page End: 4191
• Publication Date: 2013-06-24
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201301069
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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